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Graduate Certificate in
Interaction Design

Overview

Interaction designers play a vital role in creating digital products that are useable, uncomplicated, and human-centred. If you're looking to develop advanced knowledge about the design process for interactive products – this is the program for you.

Our professional program for graduates from other fields, to allow you to learn the essential skills to work in the interaction design industry.

You will have a degree in a field other than Interaction Design/User Experience Design/Multimedia Design, and you will take two years of study to develop technical skills in-depth.

Your future is in industry, as an interaction designer. You will undertake foundational studies to allow you to achieve a transition to become an interaction designer.

Meet the challenges of tomorrow

Interaction with electronic devices is a major part of our daily lives. From early childhood onwards we are connected to the internet, telecommunications and networks of computer-based technologies. The emerging challenges in this radically evolving field are not so much with the nature of new technologies, but with their design. How should these technologies be experienced in our lives? How can they support and enhance our everyday practices? What should they help us become? These programs train students to address these issues through the design of new interactive technologies.

Career possibilities

Postgraduate study can take you anywhere. Here are some of the careers you could be on your way to:

User experience designer

Multimedia designer

Interaction designer

Job spotlight

User Experience Designer

$50K–$97K

(Early career salary)

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Job spotlight

User Experience Designer

$77K–$149K

(Late career salary)

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Next steps after graduation

Graduates of the Graduate Certificate of Interaction Design have advanced understanding of usability problems and how to solve them. They also have diverse skills relevant to a range of industries, sectors and discipline areas.

Graduates typically work across the public and private sectors. Employers include technology companies, banking and financial services, digital agencies, media companies, government agencies, and health providers.

Professional memberships

When you graduate, you may be eligible for memberships with the following professional organisations. Contact the organisation to find out how to become a member.

Australian Computer Society

“This program allowed me to develop my skills by creating a new and physically engaging interactive user interface for a computer application. I worked in a team of four students from different backgrounds of study to design and build our course project. The culmination of the course was to present our concept at a public exhibit.”

Trevor Hunter

Current student, Master of Interaction Design

“This program allowed me to develop my skills by creating a new and physically engaging interactive user interface for a computer application. I worked in a team of four students from different backgrounds of study to design and build our course project. The culmination of the course was to present our concept at a public exhibit.”

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Entry requirements

Prerequisites

Degree equivalent to an Australian bachelor degree in a field other than Interaction Design/User Experience Design/Multimedia Design with a GPA of at least 4.0 on a 7 point scale OR relevant post-secondary study and at least 2 years of relevant work experience. Applications on the basis of post-secondary study and work experience will be individually assessed. View additional entry requirements for applicants with overseas qualifications.

GPA equivalent

Prerequisites

Degree equivalent to an Australian bachelor degree in a field other than Interaction Design/User Experience Design/Multimedia Design with a GPA of at least 4.0 on a 7 point scale OR relevant post-secondary study and at least 2 years of relevant work experience. Applications on the basis of post-secondary study and work experience will be individually assessed. View additional entry requirements for applicants with overseas qualifications.

Fees and Scholarships

Government assistance

Financial aid

Indicative annual fee

AUD $22,560

Indicative annual fee 2020

This indicative annual fee is the cost of enrolling in the Graduate Certificate in Interaction Design for one semester in 2020. It is calculated based on a standard full-time study load (8 units per semester).

The fee for part-time study is proportionately lower. All fees are reviewed annually.

Centrelink support

Indicative annual fee

AUD $12,820

Indicative annual fee 2020

This indicative annual fee is the approximate cost of enrolling in the Graduate Certificate in Interaction Design for one semester in 2020. It is calculated based on a standard full-time study load (8 units per semester).

Actual fees will vary according to your choice of courses, their unit value, and the actual duration of your program. The University indexes tuition fees each year.